Vanessa Hudgens Rocks Out In Raleigh

Vanessa Hudgens Rocks Out In Raleigh

Vanessa Hudgens gets all smiley next to contest winner Jessica Benson at the Dillard Drive Middle School on Tuesday afternoon (February 3) in Raleigh, N.C.

The 20-year-old “Set It Off” singer performed a surprise concert at the school. Jessica was the grand prize winner of the Sears Back-To-School Sweepstakes that earned her and her classmates a free concert!

Vanessa shares with a MyNC news station, “It’s so exciting. I haven’t gotten a chance to see any of them [the crowd] yet. I’m pretty sure they don’t know I’m coming. I cannot wait to see their reaction when I come out and start to sing for them.”

Check out more photos from the concert and peep the vid below!

122 Comments

#1
Katty @ 7:50 pm on 02/03/2009

Oh… so that is where she went. Then where did Zac go?
She looks pretty though!

#2
Michelle @ 7:53 pm on 02/03/2009

OMG V is sooooooooooo adorable!!!

#3
camila @ 7:54 pm on 02/03/2009

the fan doesn’t look that excited, too quiet and akward. she just doesn’t look like a vanessa REAL fan, i would have been all smiles just like V, but I guess thats how she expresses (sp?) herself, anywayyy luvv bbv!!

#4
Nicky Jonas @ 7:54 pm on 02/03/2009

4th.

#5
iellidy @ 7:54 pm on 02/03/2009

linda jovem estou muito orgulhoza de ti
Deus a abençoe..Nessa

#6
andrea @ 7:55 pm on 02/03/2009

I LOVE YOU VANESSA♥!!

#7
aw @ 7:59 pm on 02/03/2009

Aww that’s sweet.

#8
kristy @ 8:02 pm on 02/03/2009

#3- she was probably shy and starstruck. I know I would be. Joe Jonas looked right at me at a concert once and I swear I died a little.

#9
.... @ 8:04 pm on 02/03/2009

cool

#10
Joanne @ 8:07 pm on 02/03/2009

#3 don’t be so rude. maybe she was just starstruck. she’s obviously a vanessa fan or else she wouldn’t have wasted her time entering the contest.

#11
annavanessa @ 8:09 pm on 02/03/2009

aw vanessa always so sweet
i would have freak out
#7 wow you were lucky=)

#12
Jo @ 8:09 pm on 02/03/2009

Vanessa’s so cute. she’s always smiling and laughing.

she does concerts??
i didnt know that.

#14
annavanessa @ 8:15 pm on 02/03/2009

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
THE MOST AWKARD FAN EVER… SHE DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO ASK

#15
VANESSA LOVER @ 8:17 pm on 02/03/2009

i looooooooooooove you vanessa (L)

#16
VANESSA LOVER @ 8:18 pm on 02/03/2009

VANESSA IS THE BEEEEEEEEEEEST *———* LOVE HER <3

#17
suzy @ 8:19 pm on 02/03/2009

SHE IS SO SWEET.

#18
Motion city @ 8:22 pm on 02/03/2009

shes cute, probably a very nice girl
her and i can go shopping sometime
and she is soo lucky she is with zac

#19
Jo @ 8:28 pm on 02/03/2009

saddest video ever.. i teared
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJsEHcZgJO0

#20
Katty @ 8:35 pm on 02/03/2009

Don’t be mean about the fan. If that happened to me, like she came to my school for a concert and I had to ask her questions, I would be awkward too. Most of us would. I would be like ahhh I love your style.. and maybe pass out. (I’m weak)
Now all we have to do is find out where Zac went. Hmmmm Probably something for Seventeen again, that comes out in like two months, a little less right? I’m sooo going to see it.

#21
marie @ 8:35 pm on 02/03/2009

she’s beautiful ;)

#22
Motion city @ 8:38 pm on 02/03/2009

#19 why was that sad??
it was cute but i didnt think it was sad :)

#23
Cassidy @ 8:41 pm on 02/03/2009

V looks beautiful as she always does. Now I wonder where Mr. Zachary was headed?! Maybe to be with his beloved?…

#24
vanessa @ 8:51 pm on 02/03/2009

if i be her (the fã)i be crazy,i gonna scream so mutch.
that’s fã is so cold and lethargic …
she represent we fãns sooo bad.
ass face!¬¬/

IAM CRAZY,LOVER AND EVERTHING ABOUT NESSA.
SHE DESERVE THE BEST THING IN THE WORL,MY BIG IDOL
SHE REPRESENT THE BEST AND TRUE PERSON WHAT I MEET

#25
Motion city @ 8:51 pm on 02/03/2009

VAGessa lol

#26
All Time Low @ 8:52 pm on 02/03/2009

im jealous of her hair
and her boyfriend

#27
zanessa4everr @ 8:55 pm on 02/03/2009

aawww shes so sweet!

#28
zanessa/jashley/ashnessa @ 9:03 pm on 02/03/2009

#3. The fan’s probably in shock that she won AND the fact that Vanessa is sitting BESIDE her. I know I would be so quiet and shy if I ever had a chance to sit beside Baby V. I mean, it IS Vanessa Hudgens, after all. =D

#29
Mili @ 9:04 pm on 02/03/2009

If I was that girl I would pass out at the right moment that I saw her, REALLY, or I would shout SOOO LOUD that V was going to turn deaf, I did it when I met her in the concert, it was just a dream came true…
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GIRL, SHE’S THE MOST SWEETEST, BEAUTIFUL, AND AMAZING PERSON IN ALL THE WORLD!!!

LOVE YOU V!!!!!!!!!!!

#30
Vfan @ 9:08 pm on 02/03/2009

That girl seems nervous….I would’nt even be able to speak.=)

#31
MaiChi @ 9:09 pm on 02/03/2009

LUCKY! I LOVE YOU V. (:
So sweet.

#32
Mandy @ 9:21 pm on 02/03/2009

omgg
i wish V would perform at my school!!
seh looks absolutely GORGEOSS!!
love you BBV

#33
hudgenslover! @ 9:31 pm on 02/03/2009

i really wanna be the girl, omg!!!!!!!!!! i love V, she looks so beautiful :)

#34
NEssafan @ 9:36 pm on 02/03/2009

OMG!! Vanessa its in raleigh!!! I live like 3 hours from there!! I cant believe i was sooooo close to Vanessa!! im really excited!! i wish i could meet her, shes my role model!!

#35
riyana @ 9:49 pm on 02/03/2009

i live right next to raleigh yaay ! :D

#36
meg @ 9:55 pm on 02/03/2009

That’s really cool! That was nice of Vanessa. Ok so now we know she went to North Carolina, but where did zac go?

#37
lslsharon @ 9:58 pm on 02/03/2009

vanessa is the best!!

#38
yets @ 9:59 pm on 02/03/2009

so lucky fan.

#39
v-lovahh♥ @ 10:02 pm on 02/03/2009

awwwww♥.
soooo cuteeee.
dont be mean to the fan! i mean, if i was there, i’d be screaming and going insane, she was just nervous and starstruck, we are all different.
♥vanessa is sooooo cutee and soooo smilely!
l♥ve herrrr!!!!
MWAHHHHHHH NESSAAAAA.
mr. zac??? wheres he?
probabaly missing his lovah thats for suree.
LOVE YOU BBV!
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

#40
pop86 @ 10:27 pm on 02/03/2009

why are people being mean to the fan? She is very nervous and is doing her best.

However, If it was me I would have ask Vanessa about Zac.

#41
varisha @ 10:49 pm on 02/03/2009

NOT FREAKING FAIR!! I HATE THAT GIRL SHES SITTING NEXT TO VANESSA HUDGENS WHAT THE HELL! THATS JUST NOT FAIR! I HATE THAT GIRL! IF I SAT NEXT TO VANESSA HUDGENS I WOULD STUTTER AND CRY AND NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK SHE SAYS JESSICAX IS A BIG FAN WELL SHE HASNT SEEN ME!! SO YA I BET WE ALL HERE ARE BIGGER FANS!! I SWEAR I PROBALY AM A BIGGER FAN!! I BET U ANYHTING! SITTING THERE WITH VANESSA HUDGENS ………………………………………….I CANT EVEN SAY WHAT IU WOULD DO I MIGHT JUST DIE!! IM SERIOUS I WOULD!!! :)

#42
lol @ 10:52 pm on 02/03/2009

#41 LOL did you enter that contest like she did?? some people are just lucky like her

#43
mhay @ 11:32 pm on 02/03/2009

i love Vanessa
maybe she will meet zac somewhere.

#44
jumba @ 11:37 pm on 02/03/2009

Vanessa is hott

#45
Jazmin @ 11:42 pm on 02/03/2009

She’s amazing and she made this day a special day for those kids.

Love Vanessa!!!!!!!!

#46
zac is a rat @ 12:37 am on 02/04/2009

zac no doubt went to see his booty that he has stashed away seeings as Vanessa is away.

#47
jenna @ 12:40 am on 02/04/2009

She’s so pretty :)

#48
Alyssa @ 1:17 am on 02/04/2009

Hey Guys Zac Efron is in San Luis O I think.
Coz everytime he gets there it’s like the paparazzi can follow him.
Awkward.

Zac & V go out 2gether plizzz

#49
Lily @ 1:22 am on 02/04/2009

Aw, that girl’s conversation with Vanessa was a tad bit awkward, but alright, nonetheless.

Vanessa’s so cute <3

#50
maddy_loves_zanessa @ 1:49 am on 02/04/2009

zac prob went to meet v somewhere

#51
vannie @ 1:51 am on 02/04/2009

Cute!!!!!!!!!!!

#52
V...4ever @ 1:55 am on 02/04/2009

I don’t think anybody else in hollywood can be so cute!!! One of the things I like most about her is that her smiles always look like they come from the heart. And that makes her more than adorable.
I like to see her up and about without Zac. Don’t get me wrong I’m a sucker for Zanessa I just love them and how she looks happy when she’s with him. However I think that she should focuse more on her carreer to shut those mother’uckers up who keep saying that she’s only famous because she’s dating Zac or because of the sad pictures.
And please…if you don’t like her that’s ok. Just don’t waste your time bashing her. Go support someone you like and let us support her as we please….us…Vls real fans. And no..I’m not 5 or 13. I am way older..lollololol
JJJ.please keep’em coming!!! Vanessa 4ever!!!

#53
me. @ 2:40 am on 02/04/2009

love herrrrrrrr.

#54
robin @ 3:19 am on 02/04/2009

She’s so sweet . How cool for that school, they never had anything
that exciting when I was in Junior HIgh. Lucky Kids.

#55
Purple @ 3:39 am on 02/04/2009

I luv u baby V

#56
lslsharon @ 3:42 am on 02/04/2009

#52V…4ever

i totally agree with u!!!!!!

#57
Purple @ 3:47 am on 02/04/2009

Do anyone have a video clip of the concert?
What songs she sang?

#58
Lili @ 4:10 am on 02/04/2009

maybe Vanessa going back Zac after this Tv show

#59
Lol @ 4:38 am on 02/04/2009

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw

she’s look so so cut and breety

i love you so much baby v

#60
jen @ 5:11 am on 02/04/2009

aww the girl is soo lucky .. :)

#61
Jessie @ 8:17 am on 02/04/2009

vanessa is soooo adorable <333
actually there’re news about zac, not really news just some big rumor!
but really big because there’re lots of passage said that zac is going to move in with vanessa in vanessa’s new house. and their house designer just said if they got marry, they’ll proberly have two kinds of house OMG. and there’re another rumor said that they may get marry soon. ( but i don’t think that’s true through) and third one is true: zac asked vanessa went to his house and have a really romantic dinner date but they finally have to sit on the floor because zac’s home don’t have furnature O.M.G. WHAT THE HELL?! and there’s a rumor said zac have purposed to vanessa before!!! but i’m sure that we’ll find out where will zac headed to soon.
Zanessa forever <3333333333333

#62
nathalia @ 9:01 am on 02/04/2009

i love vanessa

#63
pita @ 9:37 am on 02/04/2009

vanessa is so sweet she’s always smiling.

#64
vic brazil ♥ @ 9:46 am on 02/04/2009

OMG I want to go a concert of Vanessa, but she never comes to Brsil!
I think if I saw her, I died!

ok, she came to Brsil with HSM, but I could not go and I want her going alone!

VANESSA I LOVE YOU !!!!!

#65
Mangomedley ; ) @ 9:47 am on 02/04/2009

shes lucky ;P #3 of course she is exited to meet vanessa, there is a reason she joined that contest. but she is just shy ! ;P i would have been;P she is like sitting there and answering questions about vanessa and why she likes her and all that stuff when she is sitting right there.. its a little embarrassing;-P
i loove vanessa ;D <3

#66
w/e. @ 10:06 am on 02/04/2009

lmao! xD

it looks like the girl is the CELEB!
vanessa’s so smiley & giggly meeting her! LOL

ah, she’s so adorable (:

#67
me... @ 10:43 am on 02/04/2009

what i think is happening with zac and vanessa is that v has gone there and she is meeting zac somewhere for a romantic vacay. At least i hope, cause i miss zanessa

#68
me... @ 10:47 am on 02/04/2009

oh, and can anybody tell me when VABN is being started up again???

#69
me... @ 10:49 am on 02/04/2009

can someone please tell me when VABN is starting up again???

#70
Just Jill @ 10:51 am on 02/04/2009

#68 - VanAshBreNique is up. Can’t you get on?

#71
lslsharon @ 10:56 am on 02/04/2009

vanessa is so adorable!!

#61Jessie ———there’s a rumor said zac have purposed to vanessa before!!!
Is that true????!!!!
i would soooooooooooooo happy for them if that is true!!!

love vanessa and zanessa forever!!!!!

#72
jade @ 11:09 am on 02/04/2009

It would be interesting to meet her face to face only to see what she looks like in person. I’ve heard that she is very tiny and very beautiful and effervescent in person.

#73
v....4ever @ 11:33 am on 02/04/2009

what is VABN?

#74
Zanessaloveforever @ 11:33 am on 02/04/2009

#19.. Great Video .. Very Cute. =] Troyella <3 and Zanessa <3

In oceanup website they said that zac and Vanessa live together in the same house is is that true i wanna know coz if it was that true soo waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaow

lol

#76
VANESSA LOVER @ 11:41 am on 02/04/2009

VAANESSA IS SO PRETTY *-* LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU V ♥

#77
VANESSA LOVER @ 11:41 am on 02/04/2009

VANESSA HUDGENS ♥ LOOOOVE YOU! <3
VANESSA HUDGENS ♥ LOOOOVE YOU! <3
VANESSA HUDGENS ♥ LOOOOVE YOU! <3

#78
raquel @ 11:46 am on 02/04/2009

ur right! in the picture, V looks like the fan and the girl is the snobby famous one

#79
listen to mayday parade @ 1:35 pm on 02/04/2009

#75 oh zanessa lover - they have separate houses.. and they decorsted them completely different… he has a modern style and she is into old fashion stuff. which is why its going around that they are complete opposites and people dont think they will last…

but then again opposites attract, yes?

#80
♥Zanessafan4lyfe♥ @ 2:03 pm on 02/04/2009

That winner is a very lucky girl!
I’d give anything to meet Vanessa!
Van looks gorgeous as usual!
Wonder where Zac’s going?
GO VANESSA ♥

#81
QUEEN @ 2:08 pm on 02/04/2009

I LOVE YOU VANESSA♥!!

#82
AMANDA @ 2:15 pm on 02/04/2009

she´s really cool!

#83
janette @ 2:17 pm on 02/04/2009

LOVE HER 4EVER!!!

#84
sara @ 2:18 pm on 02/04/2009

awww she’s amazing

#85
helena @ 2:20 pm on 02/04/2009

shes cute, probably a very nice girl

#86
me... @ 3:06 pm on 02/04/2009

#70- no i cant its really bugging me, it says the site is under construction, i dont get it

#79 listen to mayday parade

even if they have different decorsted they can live in the same house

that’s not big problem but am not sure they live in same house but i

dunno why oceanup website say that

but i hope that’s true

peace

#88
Mandy @ 4:03 pm on 02/04/2009

They both came to Brazil..to the CARNAVAL!! RIO de JANEIRO…cidade maravilhosa…UHULL Brasil é nois!

#89
Mandy @ 4:07 pm on 02/04/2009

http://blog.vanashbrenique.net/2009/02/zac-vanessa-to-celebrate-carnivale/

Brasil Brasil…CARNAVAL RIOOO
They came to Brazil…to celebrate CArnival!

#90
daniela @ 4:31 pm on 02/04/2009

I LOVE VANESSA HUDGENS! I LOVE ZANESSAAAA!

#91
janette @ 5:15 pm on 02/04/2009

love her!

#92
aw @ 6:08 pm on 02/04/2009

That’s cute about Zac & V being in Brazil. I know there was some news about her having a photo shoot there so I wonder if he is also a part of it or if he came so they could just make a vacation out of it.

#93
Nicolette @ 6:11 pm on 02/04/2009

The Concert was such a surprise!!! I loved it soo much and im happy she came to my skool!

#94
ew @ 6:30 pm on 02/04/2009

The winner doesn’t seem all that giddy like Vanessa is.. I wouldn’t be either if I was around her. blechhh.

#95
zanessahsmxoxo @ 6:54 pm on 02/04/2009

omg!! she is soooo adorable and pretty,i ove her!!! if was this girl,i will die XD..vanessa looks awesoem as always,she`s amazing ;)…vanessa rock!!

omg,i love her smile ,she`s so sweet.baby v,you rock

#96
EMMA @ 6:56 pm on 02/04/2009

I LOVE YOU VANESSA♥

#97
brazilian girl! @ 6:57 pm on 02/04/2009

THEY’RE IN BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! YAY!!! OMG I THINK I’M GONNA FAINT!

#98
zanessahsmxoxo @ 7:05 pm on 02/04/2009

zac is a rat- what the hell are you saying?? gosh,girl,you dont get tired about all those stupid commets?? please!! im tired of you…

vanessa was o gorgeus,love her style!!!!! she`s my role model always and froever…maybe zac is going to meet her somewhere :) i hope so..love them XD

vanessa fan always and forver ;)

#99
zanessahsmxoxo @ 7:26 pm on 02/04/2009

omg,i saw the pics and i think its true that they are in brazil,i hope so ;)… i love them soo much and mean a lot to me,,vanessa is very beautiful,adorbale,sweet,perfect!!! and zac,so hot,charismatic, everything!!!!

zanessa 4-everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

ayen @ 8:08 pm on 02/04/2009

See….it’s better not to believe the ‘rat’. Once again, what he/she says is proven wrong.

Anyways, glad to see Vanessa here. I wish there was a video of the performance. I hope the school has one. It’d be great to watch it.

vannie @ 8:56 pm on 02/04/2009

wow vacation @ Brazil

mj @ 9:13 pm on 02/04/2009

Love Vanessa and Zac. Its funny how they are meeting in Atlana to continue on to Brazil (as a couple) while sad little girls like taylor and zac is a rat are sitting at their computers trying to think up the next lie.

DelfiEfron @ 9:21 pm on 02/04/2009

OMG, I LOVE YOU VANESSA ANNE HUDGENS AND I LOVE THAT SIMLE THAT YOU DO ON THE END , I’LL DIE FR MEET YOU JUST ONE MINUNTE. AND I NOW THAT YOU NEVER GONNA READ THIS AND ILL NEVER GONNA MET YOU COUSE I LIVE IN ARGENTINA ¬, AND I HATE THAT, AND I DONT NOW SPEAK VERY GOOD IN ENGLISH , BUT I HOPE YOU TO UNDERSTEAND THIS , LOVE YA

IHeartzacefron @ 10:41 pm on 02/04/2009

zac went to somewhere else cant u tell he went on a plane….. zac efron fedora flight or watever duhhhhhhh…………..

lslsharon @ 10:43 pm on 02/04/2009

where did u find the news that they r in brazil???!!!
i am so happy for them !!

love vanessa and zanessa!!

ayen @ 11:01 pm on 02/04/2009

IHeartzacefron, I’m sorry, but Zac’s w/ Vanessa in Brazil right now. There’s been pics from Brazillian fans of them together.

mj @ 11:22 pm on 02/04/2009

IHeartzacefron, He took a plane to Atlanta (did you think he walked there?)

Karen @ 11:30 pm on 02/04/2009

Apparently Vanessa had a photoshoot in Brazil and Zac has gone along with her for a little vacation. I don’t blame them for taking this opportunity to work in a little vacation into all of this since very soon they will both have to be working on promotions for their new movies and they will be very busy.

It also looks like this little vacation—although Vanessa is going to have to do a little work also—may be pap-free as they are at a private area where paps will not be allowed in. IF that is true then this should proved to be the vacation Zac and Vanessa have been seeking for a long time!

vannie @ 2:20 am on 02/05/2009

i agree karen hope they enjoy that vacation.

Beheter @ 4:55 am on 02/05/2009

Omg!!!!! She’s totally so sweet & cute. That girl she’s so so lucky good 4 her

nancy @ 9:53 am on 02/05/2009

Vanessa is so full of herself.
I’d look like that fan too. She probably expected a REAL singer/movie star not this piece of garbage.

V-loyalist @ 10:14 am on 02/05/2009

The last I saw Vanessa (and zac) visit a school was in sacramento after their first hawaiian trip and the kids are just adorable and seemed very excited to see them. I’m so glad to see her again doing events for the kids, she seemed really enjoyed peforming for them and I would think the kids are happy to see her as well.

I hope Van and Zac will enjoy their vacation and no paps to screw it.

Karen @ 10:17 am on 02/05/2009

#12–nancy:

You are so ridiculous. This fan who’s name is Sarah I believe ENTERED a contest to win this concert with Vanessa. It wasn’t like she entered a contest to have some random celebrity picked for her if she won and so she was disappointed with whom she ended up. She is a FAN of Vanessa’s.

V-loyalist @ 12:05 pm on 02/05/2009

#112… you are not there so stop assuming things you are not even aware of what this fan sarah have in mind with that reaction while beside Vanessa. It’s obvious in the video that she is happy to meet Vanessa

j @ 4:18 pm on 02/05/2009

if they are in rio and there are pictures why are they not posted i hope they have a vacation without having a picture show up of them on ther vacation

maria @ 8:06 pm on 02/05/2009

You tell ‘em, Karen and V-Loyalist!!

suzy @ 7:13 am on 02/06/2009

FAVORITE FEMALE MOVIE STAR
Jennifer Aniston (Marley & Me)
Anne Hathaway (Get Smart)
Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)
Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases)

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117999667.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1

britt @ 7:45 pm on 02/06/2009

i can’t beleive she was here in north carolina i live only 45 minutes away from raleigh omj she is so lucky

zanessahsmxoxo @ 8:48 pm on 02/06/2009

tehy are together in brazil!!!!! im so happyyyyyyyyy

http://zac-efron.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=192&pos=1

PEACHES @ 11:17 am on 02/07/2009

I KNOW THE FAN SITTING WITH VANESSA AND SHE WAS ASKED THE QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA. SHE WAS NOT SCARED SHE IS A VERY QUIET GIRL AND VANESSA LOVED HER.

new pic for zanessa in brazil

they looks soooooo coooooool

http://www.oceanup.com/2009/02/vanessa-zac-private-brazilian-yacht.html

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